as a side note vs on a side note

Both 'as a side note' and 'on a side note' are correct phrases that can be used interchangeably to introduce an additional point or comment. They are both commonly used in English and have the same meaning.

Last updated: March 28, 2024

as a side note

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce an additional point or comment that is related to the main topic being discussed.

Examples:

As a side note, I wanted to mention that the meeting has been rescheduled.
As a side note, the new software update will be available next week.

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just as a side note, I was the junior citizen of the year for the region I live in, in 2012 and for graduation last year I received an award from a university for personal excellence.
As a side note I felt in no danger.
As a side note, its a shame that commerce and computer science have to be completely separate otherwise this could have been easier.
As a side note I report that the last version of the player has removed the support for Windows 95/98/ME systems, on which can be always used the release 0.8.6.
As a side note, both of these stands were shown on the iHome web page but were taken down within hours of going up.
As a side note, "d-d-a" (as it is sometimes referred to) is the only list that Debian developers must be subscribed to.
As a side note, I would like to ask for a moment of silence for the recent mass killings in Darfur.
As a side note, here's what Kobetards usually say when I compare him to Lebron:
As a side note and a thanks to the great influence of teachers everywhere, Tammy tracked down her old teacher and shared with her the great role she played in her life.
As a side note it should be said that one should make sure XBindKeys gets started before the window manager; that ensures keypresses reach XBindKeys instead of being intercepted by the window manager.
As a side note, stimulated emission is also the underlying principle of stimulated emission depletion (STED) applied to super-resolution microscopy.
As a side note, Jörg added that during the meeting Ansgar Burchardt was appointed to the post of FTP Assistant; congratulations, Ansgar!
As a side note, Jean-Marc would like to see pointed out that being member of the University of Sherbrooke does not put him into a conflict of interests although the university is notorious for holding software patents on speech coding.
As a side note, I did mate the Epiphony's to a much higher powered pair of tube amps (78 watt Radii mono-blocks in for review) and they faired extremely well.
Just as a side note, your people got some work on their hands looking into that, if you ask me.
For just about every religious sect, they have as the basis of their religion a central figure which they claim is the secret of life.And, as a side note, if these religion...
As a side note for this one, I sometimes see companies that send time sensitive emails with discounts.
As a side note, symfony is not optimized to run efficiently on a shared server where PHP scripts can run only in Common Gateway Interface (CGI) mode.
(As a side note, in my first race I missed the 4 km sign which I was signed up for and I ran 8 km instead:) This funny mistake made me see also my own potential.
As a side note, you will notice that those structures are defined in the Universal Apple header files as generic pointers or generic handles.

Alternatives:

By the way
Incidentally
As an additional point

on a side note

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to introduce an additional point or comment that is related to the main topic being discussed.

Examples:

On a side note, I heard that they are planning a surprise party for her.
On a side note, the restaurant we visited last night was excellent.

Alternatives:

By the way
Incidentally
As an additional point

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